It’s from Jes, or The Militant Baker, answering a woman who wrote about not understanding the fat acceptance movement, as it were.

A cause Jes is fierce about.

The movement is gaining momentum for sure.

Its about shifting the focus from body size to body health and stopping the fat stigmas that abound. Not all overweight people are lazy. Not all fat people are sick or unwell. Some of us eat well and move, okay, maybe not as much as I should but I’m working on that! Weightloss doesn’t have to be the only goal. The goal is to be active and healthy and fit, and some people are all those things, just not in a size 2 or 4 or 10.

Alot can change when we start making healthier choices and practice self care, but sometimes we go about things the wrong way.

I’m proof positive of that. I’ve made weightloss my mantra for for the last 10 years. Not much has happened. Time to change the thinking, me thinks.

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